Sunday, August 31, 2014

'But the word of God grew and multiplied.' Acts 12:24 King James Version (KJV)

God's Word can be likened to many things as seen in the Bible itself.
God's word is likened to light according to Psalms 119:105

The same word is likened to a double-edged sword in Hebrews 4 verse 12
It can be likened to Hammer, to Honey to Water among other wonderful analogies.
Also God's word is a seed according to Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Luke8:11 KJV

However, this short piece is based on the capacity and the potency of the word of God as a seed to grow and multiply.

God's Word is a seed and as such it means it can and it will always exhibit all the attributes of a seed If it is seen as such.
As it is seen from our text today, Acts 12:24, we see that the word of God 'grew and multiplied'

1. Growth: God's word is a living seed and like any living seed it is even more powerful and has the capacity to grow. Under the right conditions, given faith, a good, humble and teachable heart it will grow and produce the right results. That was the first challenge in the parable of the sower. in Mark 4:1-19 , finding the right atmosphere for the word to grow. We need to consciously create that atmosphere.

2. Multiplication: When the word grows, it has the capacity to grow mightily and multiply this is the phase achieved in the parable of the sower in Mark 4:20. This is more vivid when we look at the miracle of a grain of maize that grows and produces over 500 grains on a single cob after it was sown, and it usually has more than a single cob on a stalk. God's word can grow,produce and multiply much more beyond our imaginations.

Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” Mark 4:20 (NIV)

The secret to achieving this level is to, "like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” Mark 4:20b

CLOSING

We all love new things...i do too... inviting Jesus as your Lord and saviour is the beginning of a new life,if you haven't done so, please do so today, BY speaking to him like a friend.

Be blessed!
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur

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